MorphBank Attribute Description

Attribute Name: previousCatalogNumber


Element Type: Character
Element Size: 128
Required: No
Foreign Key: No Table: N/A
Values List: N/A
Data Source: User input
Validation Rules: Must exist as a catalog number at a recognized institute.
Description: The previous (fully qualified) catalogue number of the Catalogued Item if the item earlier identified by another Catalogue Number, either in the current catalogue or another Institution / catalogue. A fully qualified Catalogue Number is preceded by Institution Code and Collection Code, with a space separating each sub-element. Referencing a previous Catalogue Number does not imply that a record for the referenced item is or is not present in the corresponding catalogue, or even that the referenced catalogue still exists. This access point is intended to provide a way to retrieve this record by a previously used identifier, which may be used in the literature. In future versions of this schema this attribute should be set-valued.